Gabrielle Bernstein may cause miraclesDepending on who you ask, she’s now a messenger, translator, and spiritual leader. Some even call her a spiritual lexicon. But, like most leaders, it took a hard journey for her to get here. Gabreille Bernstein spent her early twenties partying at New York nightclubs and quickly fell into the lifestyle of living fast-paced and […] Continue Reading |
Real-life super-heroine comes to Victoria Film FestVeteran comic book author Trina Robbins has spent the past 30 years battling against misconceptions in order to truly forge a place for super-heroines alongside their male hero counterparts. Robbins’ work on female-led titles like Wonder Woman and the first all-female comic, 1970’s It Ain’t Me Babe, as well as her books on other female […] Continue Reading |
Cineplex screens classics flicks on digital screensJaws. Raiders of the Lost Ark. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Goodfellas. An American Werewolf in London. Pulp Fiction. Imagine if those were just some of the choices for a night at the movies, instead of whatever pap is playing at the local Cineplex these days. On February 1-7, Cineplex has put together a cross-Canada movie […] Continue Reading |
Federal government gives $2.56 million to Camosun tradesTrades programs at Camosun got an injection of funds on January 22 when they received $2.56 million from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WEDC). At an announcement held at the Interurban campus, Camosun president Kathryn Laurin, vice president of strategic development Tom Roemer, and the minister of state for WEDC, Lynne Yelich, announced the funding, as […] Continue Reading |
Concert review: Nelly Furtado stinks up joint at Victoria’s Save-on-Foods CentreOkay. Deep breath. Canadian songbird Nelly Furtado’s performance at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on January 8 was special. Very special. The kind of special that makes you want to kill yourself. Now-deceased tyrannical Lybian leader Moammar Gadhafi got a full dose of Nelly when she and other pop stars like Usher and Mariah Carey played a […] Continue Reading |
Review: Pink Mountaintops great, audience even betterThe crowd at the recent Pink Mountaintops show at Upstairs was such a diverse mix of young, old, and in-between. I saw a couple in their 60s, people in their 20s and 30s, and the oddball standing alone at the side of the club holding a beer. Everyone in the diverse crowd was here to […] Continue Reading |
Festival of Trees: shameless advertising, for a causeIt’s that time of year, with the holidays once again upon us, where we get bombarded with shameless advertising for this thing or that, urging us to buy that one product which is apparently so amazing that your life is meaningless without it. When it’s not advertising assaulting us it’s one organization or another looking […] Continue Reading |
Review: Chantal Kreviazuk and the Victoria Symphony ignite the Royal TheatreIt was a classic night out at the theatre when Winnipeg singer/composer Chantal Kreviazuk joined the Victoria Symphony at Victoria’s Royal Theatre. Kreviazuk started off the evening with one of her first singles, “Wayne,” and spent the evening playing the piano, singing her heart and soul out, and reliving some of her favorite writings, all […] Continue Reading |
Nexus‘ handy guide to BC Place’s Boxing Day DJ blowoutSo there’s this kinda big deal going inside BC Place on Boxing Day. You’ve probably heard by now how electronic music is taking over the world or whatever, so the market seems ripe for a huge DJ blowout in Vancouver’s largest venue (capacity 60-fucking-thousand). For a mere $65-$100 you can see one of the most […] Continue Reading |
Review: Ghost Lights mellow my harshGhost Lights Saltwater (Akashic Records) 3.5/5 Whoa. And you thought Jon and Roy were some earthy, granola-stuck-in-hair dudes? Check out this Montreal folk band for some real back-to-nature stuff. Like, I feel high just listening to it. I think in the first song the singer talks about smoking weed in the woods! He might talk […] Continue Reading |
